Hulne Park - Alnwick
Our first evening guided walk of the year and the weather was ideal. Not too warm but with it being dry it made for an ideal evening to discover Hulne Park.
We started promptly at 6.30 and soon we were walking through this beautiful park, owned by the Duke of Northumberland.
We soon climbed up and reached Brizlee Tower, an ornamental tower dated 1781, and thought to have been designed by John Adam for the first Duke of Northumberland, although it is also attributed to the Duke himself. It is in an elaborate Gothick style and was built as a viewing platform for Alnwick Castle Park.
Just around the corner we reached and admired the new family burial ground with its magnificent 12 foot high gates fashioned by blacksmith Stephen Lunn, who works at The Forge in Red Row, Northumberland.
The gates which took more than five months to create reflect the personal interests of the Duke and Duchess.
We then dropped down again and it was not long before we were passing through the archway, taking us out of Hulne Park back into the outskirts of Alnwick and then back to the Market Square.
A lovely small group of walkers and an ideal walk for a May evening.
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